Vanity case



March 30 1926.

c. A. HEDDEN VANITY CASE Filed De c. 21, 1925 Patented Mar. 39, 192.5.

' UNITED STATES CHARLES A. HEDDEN, or OAK rARK, ILLINdrs, ASSIGNOR "roARMouacz COMPANY, 01"

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l I vANITY'cAsE.

Application filed. December 21, 1925. Serial No. 76,572.

To all who-17bit may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. Hnnnnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oal: Park, in the county'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'axVanity Case, of

morees'pecially to cases for thecarrying 0 which the following is a. specification."

My invention relates to toilet devices and powder compacts, rouge or thelike and commonly designated as compacts or vanity cases. H v II V 7 It has been-customary to embody in such devices, a base and cover member hinged together and having a flat bottom and top and substantially cylindrical walls meeting the bottom and'top at a right angle, the closed case constituting in effect a short cylinder housing acoinpact' of powder or, rouge with a mirror and perhaps a powder pull. It has been proposed to form the case with outwardly convexbase and cover improvements in vanity. cases, preferably of the same is set forth in the accompanying' to simulate a watch case, .thusavoiding abrupt angles and DIEIIglIlEIl'tlllQkIlBSS.

Thepresent invention has for its-objects the "watch type, whereby to attain a more Zelfective dustproof cooperation of the case walls, a convenient latching of the members, a secure assemblage of the rouge or powder compact within the case and vease of replacement by refills, together with-other advan I tageous features which will bereadily ap- I parent from an inspectionsofxthe improved device? Inorderthat the invention may he readily understood a preferred 'embodimentxof drawings, wherein V 1 is a side elevation of the closed vanity case; I I I I Fig.2 is anienlarge d vertical cross section; I

,Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; I I

Fig. 4' is a fragmentary detailed section on the line if-'4: of Fig. 3 and r Fig. 5 isa similar section illustrating a modified mounting of the mirror.

It is to be understood that the drawing, serving as a basis for'detailed, description, is illustrative only and that the invention is not to be restricted'beond the appended claii'ns read in view of tie prior art.

' The "improved yanity case comprises a base member 11 and a cover membe'r 12,

attained a structure ofa minimum thicknessabout theedges combined with a" sliding engagement ofcyhndricaL-walls .15 and f 16, to. provide a closesliding'fiuthus p recluding the escape of loose powder from thecase.

I By the re-entrant ant ater thecbase I and cover members they arefrespectively provided with interior grooves 17 and18 at the junction of the sidewalls with-"the hot-- tom and top respectively. The membersz arehinged at 19in a plane substantially] equidistant between the grooves 17;]and 18 whereby to permit a hinged movementbetweenthe vmembers. A-spring split ring 20 is resiliently disposed within the groove of the base, one terminal? being reversely bent at 21 to project outwardly through a narrow. slot 22 fori'nedfin the wall of the base member and then rebentinw'ardly andupwardly as indicated at .23 and again outwardly ;at 24 to form a detent to engage over a shoulder 25.,of the ,cover member It will ,readily be understoodv that the detent 2d serves as aninteriorlyyengaging catch to holdthe cover in :clOsed posit-ion while the portion 21 forms ,exteriorlyfoperable means for. manipulatingthe 'cateh. I I Thevother terminal :if the split ring'2O is deflected inwardly to. an ,eccentricjposition as shown M26 and provided with a hump 27.1QA second hump .27? :maybe advantageously formed on the splitring. 20 intei'mediate its length. j 1 "The compact ofj powder, or. rouge 28,

I mounted upon a dished plaque 29. is. adapted I to distortthe ring sufficientlyto-permit the plaque to be snapped beneath the same at" :that side, the resilience of the ringholding I the plaque "and compact securely in; place when permitted to assume its normal posh: tron. X I

r A mirror '30 is adapted tofbe received 'fivltl'llll the concave cover member and to be argest centrically' ,ifrom but distortable int-,0; the

heldsecurely in place by abezel' ring 31, themarginal portion of Which is snapped into mirror 30".

I clalm: I V

11 A vanity case comprising -base-and retaining'ring disposed resiliently Within the base and overlying the compact margin,

" 2 one terminal of the ring formed to serve, as a retaining" ring disposed resiliently within it nae-t rmi ator the ring forming a' cover: {retaining catch and the other termlnal norv'mally spaced inwardly from the base periph cry and overlying the compact but distort' F ring.

cover-retaining catch and theother terminal m'ovable'radially of the base to clear; the compact margin and permit removal and replacement ofi thecompact relative to the 2'. A vanity case comprising base and cover members hinged at one side, a compactthe base and overlying the compact margin,

able-outwardly to release and permit removal and replacement ofthe compact.

thejgroove 1 8 of the cover;or as shown'ln Fig. 5, a second split ring "31? may be em-.- ployed to engage overthemargin of the 1 cover members hinged at one side,;a compact-- groove, acoinpactmarginally engaged beneath the ring Withinv the base, amirrorrre taming ring drsposedivrtlnh the groove ot the'covcr member, amt-a mirror marginally centrically from but distortable into the v groove, the second terminal of the split ring deflected and offset to form a latching detent for thecase ata point diametricallyfop ,posite the hinge,' a' compact marginally .en-

gagedbeneath the ring Within the basega mirror-retaining ring disposed Within the groove of the cover member, and a mirror marginally arranged beneath the ring With- ,inthe cover; v

{flu-A vanity case comprising dish-like base and cover members hinged at one side, the

base having a re-entrant margin forming an interior groove, a spring; splitrring resili- 'ently disposed Within the groove, oneterininal deflected andofisetfto form an exteriorly I operable interiorly engaging catch for the cover and the other terminal normally' disposed e'ccentrica'lly: but distortable ment with the ring. 1 r r A. A van ty case'comprlsing double con;

removed from marginal nnderlying engagevex dish-like base andlcover members hinged 1 at on lside, the'b,ase and: cover havingre-ento 'permit a compact to be inserted into and trant vcylindrical margins whereby to pro;-. vide interior'marginal grooves and sliding "contact between the base and cover When i; closed, a'compact -retaining split ringresililently disposed Within 'thegroove-of the base W V and havinga terminal portionzextending ecscribed my name.

6.-- A vanity case comprising double 0a vex dish-like base and coverrmembers hinged at one side, the base and cover'having re'-entrant cylindrical margins whereby to :pro-

vide interior marginal grooves and sliding contact between the base and cover when closed, a compact-retaimng split ring'resihently disposed Within the groove of the base and having a terminal portionextendingeo centrically from. but dis-tort'able into the groove, the second terminal-of the split ring deflected and offset to form a latching detent forthecase at a pOiIitcClIQmGt'IiCallY OppOSliG o the hinge, the ,ring' also provided, mterme-Z:

t i11g" l1L11iip,'-'a compact marginally fengaged V diate its terminals With-an inwardlyextend beneath the ringvvithin. the base, a mirrorretaining ringdisposedwithintlie groove COVGI'. a

In testimony whereof I have herelirito subs crr'annns A; 'HED v of the cover. member, and a'mirror margi-, 1

nally arranged beneath the ring within the 

